It’s so hot outside. Here’s my most relevant design: This is not a popular design — it has just reached $100 in total sales. That’s not much, but I like this design, it’s so pleasant to look at.
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My website was down for 7 hours last night
If you tried to visit my website a few hours ago, you got “Error Establishing a Database Connection”. I am sorry about that. I started investigating the issue, and it seems it might be caused by insufficient memory on my server, which in turn causes the MySQL server to shut down. It should not be…
[Continue Reading]First Sale!
Someone bought a t-shirt from my new TRUFFLEPIG store! To give you some context — I opened my store 3 days ago and have uploaded 11 designs so far. Of course, I know it is luck — someone noticed my design among thousands and liked it and bought it. But you might be just as…
[Continue Reading]Cat with flowers
I drew a cat 🙂 It’s, of course, started with a simple sketch on reMarkable: But then I spent way too much time painting all the flowers. I was thinking it would look good on greeting cards and t-shirts. I added it in my TRUFFLEPIG store.
[Continue Reading]Best selling products
When you open an Artist Shop on Threadless, you will receive a bunch of emails with tips on how to: promote your store, prepare design files, customize the shop, and so on. Since I’ve created my new store, I’ve been getting those helpful emails too. One of them was titled “And the Best Selling Products…
[Continue Reading]TRUFFLEPIG
Today, I opened my new store on Threadless. It’s called TRUFFLEPIG because I like pigs and it’s a funny words. There will mostly be cute and humorous designs there. The main reason why I had decided to start a new store is that my main store, Fox Shiver, has gotten too big and is a…
[Continue Reading]I am slowly finishing designs for my new store…
Daily Gym
For the past 7 days, I have been going to the gym every day. I know it’s not yet a habit — it usually takes much longer to form a habit — but it already feels like one. Weirdly, I haven’t had any problems waking up before 6 a.m., getting dressed, going to the gym….
[Continue Reading]My little cup
Two weeks ago my family and I went to a pottery class to make our own mugs. Then they were to be fired in a kiln and coated in a glaze. We picked them up today. Here is my little cup: It’s uneven and awesome 🙂 Theoretically, I can drink from it, but I am…
[Continue Reading]Bad output
I stumbled upon an interesting tweet by Julian Shapiro. I know it’s a few months old but I liked it so I am sharing it here in case you find it useful too: To finally start creating good stuff you need to create a lot of bad stuff first. It applies to writing, but also…
[Continue Reading]Pomodoro Technique
You’ve probably heard of The Pomodoro Technique. But for those who haven’t: The Pomodoro Technique is a productivity method where you set a timer to 25 minutes and then focus on work for those 25 minutes, avoiding distractions. I tried it a few times before, but my timer was just a browser extension that displayed…
[Continue Reading]That should solve it
“I will sleep until my problems disappear” is my new design, and I will add it to my new store soon. I am experimenting with different colors. Most of my designs used to be black and white, but in my new store, I plan to have more variety.
[Continue Reading]Podcasts
Now, that I go to the gym again, I finally have time to listen to podcasts. I don’t always put something on, but when I exercise alone, I often do. One of my favorite podcasts is The Tim Ferriss Show. As Tim Ferriss himself describes it, he “deconstructs world-class performers”. The people he interviews often…
[Continue Reading]Relevant drawing for today
Weekly Notes
I don’t write weekly notes every week, but today I want to. This week has been similar to all other weeks during the pandemic: I worked a bit, but not as much as I could, I didn’t exercise enough, overall I felt tired, and didn’t feel like I had as much energy as I used…
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